QUIZ: Chapter 9: Constructing Gender and Sexuality

Many expectant parents get a sonogram to find out the sex of their baby, and they only start decorating the nursery after learning the sex. This is an example of:

gender role socialization.

When does gender role socialization begin?

before birth

When woman are more likely than men to live in poverty, it is often referred to as:

the feminization of poverty.

Most sociologists argue that gender is a social construction and they acknowledge the possibility that binary male-female categories are not the only way of classifying individuals. This perspective is called:

A constructionist perspective.

social movements that are organized around a belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes are called:

Feminism.

Which of the following is an example of a microaggression?

Men who whistle at and catcall a woman who is walking down the street.

How do most sociologists differentiate between sex and gender?

Sex is biological; gender is social.

From an interactionist perspective, what is the MOST important way that schools socialize children into their gender identities?

Through interactions between teachers and students.

Gender varies from culture to culture

True.

The process of socialization tends to emphasize heteronormativity.

True.